There are a few reasons why this dosnt happen:
1)Unless this is brought to congress or senate or even the president says something about it nthing is going to happen, there has to be an executive somewhere to start the reform process.
2)The people are concerned with outside politics nowadays, they complain about the road but dont take the initiative to do anything about it.Some people are concerned but most are to lazy or uninterested in the situation.
3)The process would take to long, people are nonchalant about the place their tax money goes they rush and are nonchalant about the money.They also dont want to wait or have any distractions from their daily work schedule, they want everything to be ok and taken care of.Especially in cities where its most needed like in New York.
4)The asphalt workers are not quite concerned about the qualty or urgency of their work, they get paid if they get the job done anyway.And its not exactly the best or most favourable work some diseases can arise from this kind of work and they have some very bad days (working in the sun).They also have to contend wiht the fast paced schedule.
I hope this dosnt seen negative I just see to many problems with this kind of work.Does anyone else have an opinion or will you let me have the last (and first) word.